Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. /r/Christianity is a subreddit to discuss Christianity and aspects of Christian life. All are welcome to participate. Servers make a living in the US on tips. In many places they only make about $2 an hour.  These people also have to tip out bussers and bartender based solely on sales.  So if you have a group of 6 people eating and the tab is $150... The server will have to tip out 2% just to the bussers. So that's $3 for them having to serve that table. If there is no tip, just a pamphlet, it will cost that person money to be your server. I am not trying to mean or incite-full, I'm just curious as to the thought process.  I live in the south(not deep, but the south) and I see this happen on a daily basis, with Sundays being the worst.  It's almost as if they are assuming these people are lacking faith for working on Sunday. As good intentioned as it may seem to be, stiffing a person and leaving a church pamphlet is the exact opposite way to bring someone into the church.  It just brings resentment, from what I have seen.